Mugabe moves closer to restricting human rights funding

FRESH from banning sections of the British media from covering the English cricket tour, Zimbabwe yesterday moved closer to passing a contentious law that will restrict foreign funding of human rights groups.

Autocratic President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party defeated filibusters by the opposition in parliament.

In a session that stretched overnight, the majority Zanu-PF party voted down a series of last-minute amendments sought by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change.